Chinese customs caught 14 women trying to smuggle iPhones and iPads into China from Hong Kong.
Authorities in Shenzhen caught the grey importers with $143,000 worth of kit.
The 14 women had 88 iPads and 340 phones between them – one woman had an impressive 65 phones strapped to her waist and another 20 in her handbag, the Wall …

Why would they want to smuggle those fondle slabs into China?

China uses a totally different 3G technology from the rest of the world (TD-SCDMA vs UMTS/W-CDMA or EVDO/CDMA2000) EDGE? You try downloading an app at that speed. Also, they don't have the necessary MicroSIMs to slot into the fondle slabs, rendering them kinda moot, unless taking risks shaving a regular SIM down to size is a risk they're willing to take.